WELSH First Minister Mark Drakeford has scoffed at Boris Johnson’s suggestion that the chance of a no deal Brexit is “vanishingly small” as the Prime Minister struggled to explain how he would secure a new deal with the European Union.

Mr Drakeford hit out at Mr Johnson over his apparent failure to say how he would secure a new deal (Image: Getty/PA)

Mr Johnson promised all British farmers “will have the support they need” after the UK severs ties with Brussels on October 31 - but Mr Drakeford said he was pitifully unable to spell out what exactly he mean by the pledge. The new premier was in Wales today where he met with farmers and agricultural workers, some of whom confronted him over how a hard Brexit could affect their livelihoods. Speaking on Channel 4 News about his meeting with Mr Johnson, Mr Drakeford, the Welsh Labour leader, said: "It was an engaged conversation, not a meeting of minds.

Ms Shervington-Jones told Mr Johnson she was worried about a no deal Brexit impacting her business (Image: Getty)

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She said: "I told him quite a lot about our business and what we do and talked a little bit about how Brexit would effect eggs and egg products such as liquids and powder coming in from the likes of Ukraine and the USA, how that would be a really bad idea.

“And obviously that would happen with a no-deal Brexit because the welfare standards out in other countries are nowhere near as good as ours.